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The girls twin brother, by the way, was also found in that truck and he was treated for burns but is alive. at least eight people, including one firefighter injured saturday in chicago after a fire ripped through a motel on the south side. according to our affiliate wls a combination of high winds in chicago and construction flame caused the flames to spread quickly. the building is a total loss. and despite the death of a key player, a michigan high school team is scheduled to play in tomor...

Dozen of those state senators on both sides of the aisle republicans and democrats citizens in wisconsin are trying to recall them and force them to rerun for their office before their term is up. >> only need 20,000 signatures there were many more than that to hear michael moore speak. he showed up in a cold weather to say hold firm you are doing your job and keep doing what you are doing. take a listen. >> for three weeks you have stood in the cold, sto stovrped the floor, skipped out of town ...

The -- they cant be pointed at as the reason why states are experiencing budget problems. the fact is its a poor economy. were still in recovery. i think that people need to be focused on creating jobs and getting our economy going and we wouldnt be in such financial straits but to suggest somehow state workers, again, the sanitation worker or the bus driver, is the reason the states are experiencing budget problems, thats not fair. and the fact of the matter is, many of these workers have agree...

Problem rather than underlying issue of a culture of death. >> certainly facebook issue is bringing national attention that this case is now bringing. and i hear that many people are worried that if you should succeed in getting these facebook privacy pages opened that it could open a whole can of worms or all facebook workers. police, other city workers, municipal workers, state workers who believe their private facebook postings are just that, private. >> theres no -- the court system has set ...

The collective bargaining rights of unions. more than a dozen senate democrats have fled the state to block a vote. jessica joins me with an update. >> reporter: hi, don. wisconsins capitol building just shut its doors a few moments ago but as you can see here protesters outside have no plans to leave yet. a pretty substantial crowd for a third weekend in a row. theyre voicing their opposition to governor scott walkers budget repair bill, which eliminates as you mentioned most collective bargain...

With preferred or supreme. my money. my choice. my meineke. >> look at this, its a sign of just how tense things have gotten in the political standoff over wisconsins budget. thats a member of the state assembly being wrestled to the ground as he tries to enter the state capitol in madison. the building has been closed to the public and police officers are trying to keep him out. now, milroy later said that he was aggressive in trying to enter the building and thats a quote, aggressive, and that...

$4.3 billion in the red. >> we are in a fiscal crisis and governor page has been very modest in what hes asked of the state retirees. >> how are we going to keep up with the rising cost of heating oil? how is anybody going to keep up with? how are we going to keep up with the rising cost of food? >> governor says hes trying to bring, quote, fiscal sanity to the state. >> arthel: lets talk about new jersey. union there is are upset about layoffs and other possible cuts. >> yes. new jersey republi...

Board. >> thank you rick. thanks staying hot in wisconsin that union battle not dying down any time soon. layoffs may soon be on the way. scott walker startd the process. says he has no choice but to begin the process of laying off state workers. >> putting 1500 state employees affected by this. he notified the unions on friday saying it could come down and could pass. the real issue is democrats are still awol who are from illinois. he has opened the door thursday. he admitted in an interview o...

>> rick: alexandra, adam, thank you very much. >> thanks. >> arthel: all right. wisconsin governor scott walker warning state unions that 1500 public workers could get laid off if the stand-off over collective bargaining does not end soon. but the badger state is hardly the only one where lawmakers are battling over union rights. molly henneberg live in washington with more. okay. lets take a look at a couple of the states starting in maine, there have been protest there is this week. >> hi. yea...

Laid off. notices were be to sent out to today and they are charging walker to use state workers as political pawns. >> its putting people at economic uneasy, in that resort the tactics after school yard bully. >> maker walker maintains that the pitching slips are necessary and he has hinted the solidarity of the 14 senate democrats that set off the steal mate may be splintering. >> there is number coming to the table, but i think there are a core group no who are interested. >> reporter: walker...